Dreams Don't Wait

by Carole Dean, E.C. Sheedy

DREAMS DON'T WAIT
...will he?

Evan North finally catches a break, free rent on a small cabin in exchange for being a part-time nanny. She can't believe her luck. Not only will she have a comfortable home for her and her son, Cal, she'll have the chance to save the necessary money for his school fund, and put herself to within a heartbeat of realizing her own long-held dreams.
Dreams put on hold while she raised her son.
Dreams she wears like armor against the seductive appeal of her new employer.

Linc Stewart, until now a globe-trotting architect, wants to settle down with his young daughter Jenny and provide her a more stable home life with no complications. But when he becomes attracted to Evan, things get complicated to the max—in ways a man accustomed to getting what he wants doesn't begin to understand.
Turns out Evan's fiercely held dreams don't include lovers, cookies, picket fences, family sedans—or temptingly attractive men like Linc.
Linc, now with a dream of his own, sets out to convince her otherwise

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Contemporary

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Also writes under the name E.C. Sheedy.

Reviews

[Lori · Rating 2 out of 5]

Free kindle read. Held my attention for treadmill workouts.

[Kim Beck · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read many books from EC Sheedy and all of her books have very strong emotions with in it’s pages and this one was no different. It brings you a story about deferring dreams for a child, finding hope of being able to finally reach them and then having something that might change your dream come into your life and leaves with a choice if you should follow one dream or start to build on the new one. This book is truly inspirational, Evan had her son Cal at 14, she got kicked out of her home and was use to putting her dreams on hold until her son was taken care of. Then she planned on doing all the things she never got to do, college and travel, well her son is off to college and to pay for it she takes a offer from a friend to live in her brothers cabin and nanny for him in the evening for free rent. Well Evan wasn’t expecting Lincoln or his daughter Jenny the adorable preschooler that she is to tug at her once harden heart strings. Cal is more then ready for his mom to have a little bit of a life and is more then ready to start college and is happy to help his mom as much as possible. So he chips in and helps sometimes with Jenny and ends up falling in love with the family to. When Lincoln first see’s his new nanny it’s not what he expects. He has a dream of growing a family for his daughter and providing her with everything she needs which in some cases might make her spoiled but not that sweet little girl. The both have such strong ideas about their future dreams and neither one is willing to budge, but they can’t deny the love the feel for each other. So it leaves to question will Evan keep her dreams of travel, going back to school and finally having some time to her self, or will Lincoln persuade her to join him and Jenny following their dreams of a family and love for a lifetime. Evan is a strong character and is very honest with Lincoln that she doesn’t want Jenny to have a mother that isn’t good enough. Only Jenny thinks Evan is more then enough. This story touches on all the strong morals both the main characters have, plus the value of family and all things that sometimes have to be let go for that family. It has a roller coaster of emotions but ends beautifully with how Lincoln and Evan relationship ends up. It’s takes you thru the journey of their courtship with a great cast of secondary characters that are all so easy to love. This is one of those books that can give a person hope of accomplishing their dreams. All of this authors books are unique and touching and this one is one of the best from her

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dreams Don't Wait is set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Victoria, BC, Canada. The story is about a single mother, Evan that has raised a son, Cal on her own. He is ready to enter the University at age sixteen, is an excellent student and a great young man to her credit. She has given everything to raising him and put her own dreams on hold to give him what he needs (sounds like a good normal mom to me). She has dreams of going back to school and becoming a teacher after she gets him established in his University education. Her dream of an education has been one of the things that have kept her working so hard for her son. She is given the chance for free rent in exchange for evening babysitting, which means she can save more money for her son's education. The free cottage is also close to the University, for her son.

The man she makes this deal for free rent is Lincoln Stewart (Linc) and his cute preschool daughter Jenny. Linc has his own baggage and ideas on childcare as a single father that add interest to his character in his commitment to his daughter. Evan did not plan to fall in love with both Linc and Jenny, who throw her dreams to the back burner again if she continues the relationship with Linc and his daughter. One of the things I liked about Evan was she was not willing to continue the relationship if she felt she could not be the kind of mother that Jenny needed; the author wrote of the emotional commitment and responsibilities of a parent in a way that brought out the strong moral character of Evan. More family values need to be expressed in good fiction and this one does it perfectly. A roller coaster of emotions sends her for a tailspin, as she fights for her dreams and her unexpected love for Linc and his daughter. EC Sheedy has written a perfect ending to solve Evan and Linc's troubled courtship and you should read this wonderful story to find out all about these two.

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Evan North is a single mom raising a very smart 16 year old who is preparing to enter his first year of college in the fall. She has been a mother since she was 14 years old and is looking forward to sending him off to college so that she can start living her dream of college and travel. When offered a cabin free of rent for a year she and her son jump at the opportunity to save money for her to start realizing her dreams. The only catch is that she will have to be a back up babysitter for the homeowners 4 year old daughter.

Evan isn't looking for a ready made family and does everything she can to separate her heart from the job at hand. But as her time with them begins to burrow into her heart she's finding it harder and harder to remind herself that her dreams are so close to becoming reality.

Linc Stewart is a handsome, successful architect and single dad who is not looking for a wife or mother for his 4 year old daughter, but once Evan and her son come into their lives that's all he wants and sets out to convince her that that's what she wants too.

Evan makes it very difficult to like her at first with all of her determination to stay on path for her dreams, not wanting to put herself second to anyone else's needs, but she's working against some determined forces with her son, the 4 year daughter, the housekeeper/nanny and Linc to win her over.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Dreams Don't Wait because I think that life without our Dreams would be pretty dull. I enjoyed the story because the characters kept family values at the top of their priorities, where they should be. I would like to read other stories by this author.

[Lindsey]

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[Pinky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet read !

I loved this sweet romance. The chemistry between Linc and Evan was undeniable! Linc, a rich architect and Evan a single mom with a son about to start college. She had been alone all of her life, and she has a hard time trusting anyone.

Linc hires Evan to watch his daughter occasionally in exchange for a cabin rent free. Love sparks and Evan tries to run.

I highly recommend this book. You will enjoy it.

[Twist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, so I only picked this book to read because of a challenge where I had to find some kind of punctuation in the title. Do you know how hard that is to find??? LOL, but I ended up really enjoying it. Evan is a single mother to Cal and Linc is a single father to Jenny. This is about Linc figuring out he can love, and Evan figuring out that she can have her dreams and a family too.I do recommend this book.